Hohenschwangau Castle
Neo-Gothic royal summer palace above an alpine lake, lined with murals of swan-knight legends.
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This guide to Hohenschwangau Castle in Füssen spends an evening in eighteen sixty-five on the Alpsee below it, when a young Ludwig the Second of Bavaria had Wagner's Lohengrin staged on the water, swan and all. It follows the king, his closest friend Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis, and the composer who rehearsed him. Along the way you'll meet the father who filled these rooms with painted swan knights. Best heard from the lakeshore, looking out over the water.
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